Karina Chicote and Maria Collazos from Save the Children in WA.
The successful south-east corridor Youth Partnership Project recently won the “Outstanding Commitment to Collaborative Place-based services or solutions” category at the recent Community Excellence Service Awards ... presented during the WACOSS Conference.
This project was described on the night as a strategic project focussed on developing a better youth early intervention model to reduce the number of young people entering the Juvenile justice system. It engages state and local government, the not-for-profit community sector and local elders in working better together to improve outcomes for young people with complex needs through a collaborative place-based approach.
http://youthpartnershipproject.org.au/

In recent weeks there has been a huge amount of activity in progressing the efforts to address Homelessness in WA. In this episode I was fortunate to speak with some members of the Western Australian Alliance to End Homelessness. This included Sam Knight Executive Manager of Housing and Homelessness at Ruah Community Services, Michelle Mackenzie (the CEO of Shelter WA) and Katie Stubley ... who is the Alliance’s Steering Group facilitator.
Firstly, there was the release of research (headed by our our very own Professor Paul Flatau) into the State of Homelessness in Australia’s cities using data collected at Registry Week’s across Australia.
The Alliance then released it’s Strategy for Western Australia to End Homelessness ... Titled : - A ten year plan to END homelessness in Western Australia ... Together we can make a difference.
And later in the evening on Friday April 13th, a truely unique event captured the hearts and minds of those in the PERTH CBD. There where over 1,000 performers ... comprising an orchestra; massed choir, professional and community ensembles, all moving through the streets of Perth performing Gavin Bryars' Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. This event was led by the UWA Conservatorium of Music and co-hosted by the WA Alliance to End Homelessness and The Centre for Social Impact.
For those who missed this stunning event ... the intro to this podcast features some recordings taken from the night.
Please enjoy.
Tony

Philanthropy has a huge role to play in delivering effective social change and sometimes it doesn't receive the appropriate "air-time"... until now. This episode is introduced by Tony Hagan with a range of topics and questions involving philanthropy. This is followed by an interview with Heiko Plange, Senior Philanthropy Advisor at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
Heiko has extensive experience in developing and executing strategic marketing, major gifts fundraising and corporate partnership programs. He has previously worked across health, medical research, educational, community, and charitable organisations throughout Australia.

Aden Date has recently returned from 18 months working in Tanzania. His first hand experiences provide valuable insight for anyone wanting to create social impact in developing regions. Aden has also recently penned an opinion piece about the Perth Fringe Festival. Just prior to him being interviewed by Peter Bell and Paula Kruger on ABC breakfast about this article, I got the scoop during the recording of this podcast. An OASIS exclusive!!

Jess Radny is an architect and a member of the Alumni for Social Impact. In this podcast, Jess introduces us to the concept of how we can physically live differently in our communities and discusses how to investigate and understand what it means to live well.

In this episode, Tony chats with Fadzi Whande, Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategist, about her latest role as the Resources Adviser, Inclusion and Diversity at UWA. She is known to many of us in the social impact scene and has created an enormous impact on both the local and international stages, especially in the promotion of human rights and diversity.

Mergers in the NFP space in WA
Chorus was formed in 2017 by the merge of three established WA care providers, Care Options, Community First International and Volunteer Task Force.
In this episode Lauren and Tony speak to Louise Forster, Head of Brand and People at Chorus to explore the purpose of this merger and discover both the positive outcomes and the challenges that have occurred.
http://chorus.org.au/

Coan Harvey from the Social Impact Alumni has an interesting hobby. He got to enjoy this on a recent trip to South America.

Bonus Double Episode.
Lauren speaks to Rebecca from Drumbeat, the social enterprise from Holyoake that operates worldwide. This program is focused on building resilience through rhythm. It's an evidence-based social and emotional learning program that enables real change.
Also, I spend some time with Kat Clements discussing the Alumni for Social Impact "Brain Exchange" initiative and some other things that Kat is passionate about.

Impact Seed are capacity builders focused on growing impact investment in conversation with impact businesses, government, CSR and private wealth, and demonstrating why the ‘business for good’ model works in bridging investment and philanthropy.

The Impact Seed pitch night was held during the Social Impact Festival 2017.